FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

LIFEPAK 20

MDR report key: 1840178 · Received September 14, 2010

Report

Report Number
MW5017453
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
September 14, 2010
Date of Event
June 29, 2010
Report Date
September 14, 2010
Manufacturer
PHYSIO-CONTROL
Product Code
MKJ
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
MN, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PT CALLED RN INTO ROOM BECAUSE LIFEPAK WAS BEEPING AT APPROX 1600. MACHINE SIGNALING THE NEED TO BE PLUGGED IN. MACHINE PLUGGED BACK IN. CORD TO PATCHES WERE TANGLED AND THESE WERE DISENGAGED AND UNTIED THEN REATTACHED TO LIFEPAK. PT WAS THE HELPED TO MOVE IN BED. PT GASPED AND STATED THAT HE FELT A "SHOCK." NO CHANGES WERE SEEN ON MONITOR, NO NOISE FROM LIFEPAK WAS HEARD. RN WAS TOUCHING BED AND FELT NOTHING. PT HAS HAD SHARP PAIN WHEN MOVING IN PAST. MONITOR WAS CHECKED FOR EVENTS, NONE WERE FOUND. REPORTS WERE GENERATED FROM 1400-1730, NO CHANGES, SHOCKS, OR ECTOPY WERE SEEN. LIFEPAK IN ROOM WAS REPLACED. ON FURTHER INVESTIGATION WITH BIOMED THE NEXT DAY, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE LIFEPAK DID ACTUALLY DELIVER A SHOCK OF 200J AT 1711 ON THE 29TH OF JUNE. THERE WAS NO HARM TO THE PT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 LIFEPAK 20 LIFEPAK 20 MKJ PHYSIO-CONTROL LIFEPAK 20 NONE

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1